Learning Goals

• Discuss the history of reform according to Tyack and Cuban; Relate these ideas to current reform efforts.
• Research and describe an educational context using reliable data.

Agenda

• While you are waiting, read: The solutions (reforms) proposed by the Providence Student Union.
• Opening Question: What strategies are you using to get the most out of this class?
  • Have you used the education: Ed and Ed Reform Newsfeeds?
• Discussion: What can we learn from a historic analysis of public school reform?
  • Tinkering Toward Utopia (Google Docs)
• Worksession: District and Community Descriptions: These should be done by the end of class.
  • What questions are you asking? What data are you using to address these questions?
  • Context Report Project Page
  • REFERENCE: RI Economics by School District
• Optional Tutorial: Using Zotero to manage citations
  • Installing and using Zotero
  • Using Zotero to build Infoworks citations
  • Using Zotero to insert a citation
• Close